Summary
- I’m just not like them. They got better stuff to do than hanging out with me. I am just not that interesting. These are the things we think about from time to time. I have been there too. Feeling like sometimes people probably won’t even notice me if I’m gone. But this isn’t the right way to think is it? We may not feel this way, but we are worth it. We didn’t always think or feel like we’re worthless, so there is a chance for us to have high self esteem again. It is possible.
- You have to value yourself first.
- Even if I told you right now that you are a valuable person, you wouldn’t believe me. You have to show yourself that you are valuable. - A lot of people want change, but they actually just want others to agree with their perspective. If you want to change, you have to be committed to change. You have to be willing to consider the way you are thinking might not be right and be willing to change. You are VALUABLE enough for you to take this step, because you are so amazingly made. You by just being a person in this world deserves to be treated and respected like a person. Don’t settle for less.
- Value self-respect. - Self respect isn’t really taught in schools or at homes as often, and it’s too important not to. If we have very little self respect, we actually teach others to treat us with very little respect. It’s like if a host didn’t value his house and he didn’t stop people from throw trash everywhere even if he doesn’t like it, people will throw trash everywhere. This is you protecting yourself by having self respect. Because people are precious, you have to protect yourself, your time, and your emotional health.
- Learn to enjoy spending time with yourself to grow your self worth.
- A lot of times, we just don’t like who we are. We are looking to other people or things to make us feel better about ourselves. Doesn’t work that way. You have to learn to spend time and like yourself first. - If you don’t even like yourself, who would like you? Would you like to hang out with a person that just hates himself or a person that likes himself? Yes, of course, the one that likes himself, so become a person that values himself or herself FIRST, and other people would naturally want to hang out with you more.
- Once you start liking yourself, you will give worth to yourself. Then go talk with other people. - Being able to freely express who you are is actually the best gift you can give to yourself and other people. When you are yourself you are really giving other people the permission to be themselves too. At the beginning, there might be resistance, but people want the freedom that comes with being yourself. You are valuable as an individual, and no one can take that away from you. Let’s learn to express that in the right way.
